Jewelry Design in the 21st Century

Download or read book Jewelry Design in the 21st Century written by Claude Mazloum and published by Gremese Editore. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jewerly-making is not exclusively the concern of skilled and zealous artisans. Creators - artists and even poets - are also involved in producing the jewels of today and tomorrow." "Jewelry Design in the 21st Century describes and illustrates - in a survey of international scope - the nature of the different practices, stressing the characteristics of each creator: the accentuation of the extraordinary form and color of pearls, the combination of precious stones to achieve a bright, sparkling rainbow effect, or the technical transformation of solid blocks of metal into fabulous collations of tones and textures."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved